Bomboozled! : how the U.S. government misled itself and its people into believing they could survive a nuclear attack /

Bomboozled! : how the U.S. government misled itself and its people into believing they could survive a nuclear attack /

Conceived by a misguided government seeking to quiet the fears of an anxious public, the concept of the "Family Fallout Shelter" was Cold War paranoia at its finest, a massive bit of "propaganda by architecture" that has no more truth behind it than the absurd notion of "duc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roy, Susan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pointed Leaf Press, [2010]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Civil defense > United States.
Nuclear bomb shelters > United States.
Nuclear crisis control > United States.
Atomic bomb > Social aspects > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Bob Dylan's nuclear lament
  • Atomic anxiety
  • You can survive!
  • Better homes & bunkers
  • Nuclear housekeeping
  • Drop-dead gorgeous
  • Shelter skelter
  • Plastic sheeting & duct tape.